Organ donation and utilization in the United States, 1997-2006

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 4 PART 2, 2008, Pages 922-934

  Sung, R S ^a   Galloway, J ^b   Tuttle Newhall, J E ^c   Mone, T ^d   Laeng, R ^e   Freise, C E ^f   Rao, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ARBOR RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE FOR HEALTH   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d OneLegacy   (United States)

^e HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deceased donors; Donation after cardiac death (DCD); Donation service area (DSA); Expanded criteria donor (ECD); Living donor; Multicultural donation; Organ Donation Breakthrough Collaborative; Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEART DEATH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40749120310     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02171.x     Document Type: Article

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